Hey, welcome to the Therapy Thoughts podcast. This is Tiffany Rowe. I'm a licensed clinical mental health

counselor and psychology teacher. I own mindful counseling in ORM, Utah, and I'm on a mission to

break down mental health stigma. Therapy Thoughts is a podcast all about helping you love yourself

and make peace with your mind, body, and food. I'll share some education, tips, interviews, and tools from my

clinical experience so you can improve your mental health. Stay tuned as we change the mental

health game and talk all about therapy. What's up my therapy thoughts, fam?

I am finally recording a podcast that I've needed to record for about a year.

And it's a hard one.

It's emotional for me.

And, you know, I might show emotion in this episode.

But today I need to talk about suicide.

One year ago today, one of my good friends died by suicide.

She was in my close circle.

I knew about her struggle with postpartum anxiety and postpartum

depression and uh she died one year ago and so i've wanted to record a podcast because of her um i've wanted

to share what i've learned and experienced, you know, as a human,

but also as a therapist where part of my job is dealing with suicidality, working with folks

all the time who feel suicidal, have suicidal thoughts, and struggle.

Struggle with those deep, dark feelings.

So I don't have a plan for this podcast, which we'll see.

But I just kind of wanted to speak from the heart today.

So here's a couple things Tiffany Rowe has experienced.

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